The primary objectives of this manual are to provide enrollment forecasting practitioners with guidance about the use of specific forecasting techniques and procedures and to foster greater understanding of these important planning tools. In addition to general discussion of such topics as accuracy, uses, assumptions, and data requirements, the…

In response both to a growing national grumbling about the need for educational accountability and to a felt need to better define and focus on district priorities, the Madison Public Schools adopted a mangement by objectives (MBO) program in 1970. It is on the basis of three years' experience with this program that this book has been written. The…

A search of ERIC literature was undertaken in order to assess research on educational needs. A set of ERIC descriptors was selected, and criteria for evaluation of each abstract established. Approximately 1800 abstracts were retrieved; 150 survided the first screening and 75 the second. Priorities were then assigned to decide which documents…

This paper discusses the implications of curriculum development and curriculum innovation needs for education in general and educational administration and educational planning in particular. It points out how administrations should change their role to open up educational systems for change and the place of a curriculum development planning unit…

This is the first attempt by the Office of Institutional Research and Planning to survey a large sample of alumni to measure the outcomes of the educational process at Western Illinois University. This pilot study of alumni was conducted to gather outcome information to provide the administration and the faculty with (1) data useful in planning…

As more colleges and universities coordinate institutional research as a support system for long-range planning, new analytical tools are necessary. A system developed to project the effects of statewide policy alternatives may have wide applicability to other institutions and multi-institutional planning groups. The Instructional Cost Index…

This study was conducted in order to gain detailed information about teacher education programs related to the English and Australian conversions to the metric system of measurement. Information was gathered by review and analysis of relevant official and unofficial documents, and by intensive interviews of key persons involved in teacher…

This paper discusses the role of linguistics in educational planning and argues that, in order for sociolinguistic principles to be introduced and implemented, it will be necessary for sociolinguists to remember the failures of linguistics in the past, to rethink their attitudes concerning the relationship of their discipline to education, and to…

This survey investigates relationships between the work values of 1,871 women with certain demographic variables in order to provide planning and counseling information for educational and other institutions. The work values--defined by Eyde (1962)--are expressed needs for: dominance-recognition, economic success, independence, interesting…

A model system, composed of principles, procedures, and instruments which were field tested in cooperating states (Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey), was developed for use by state vocational agencies in evaluating program effectiveness. System elements include a set of program objectives and goal statements, evaluation instruments which provide…

Non-public school enrollment in Massachusetts --19.1 percent-- has always been among the nation's highest, with the majority of these students enrolled in Catholic schools. The rising cost of education and a decreasing supply of non-lay teachers are placing economic burdens on the Catholic schools, causing some to close and others to be phased…

To determine the processes of information utilization and decision making at the local school district level, a survey was conducted in 65 school districts in three San Francisco Bay area counties. Responses from 400 participants--comprising 60 percent of the selected sample of superintendents, assistant superintendents, specialists, principals,…

Responses from inquiries to the superintendents of 32 urban school systems across the country provided the basis for classifying and evaluating modes of decentralization and extent of community control. Main features of the school systems' operations are reported under nine categories: (1) decentralized decision making with centralized…

Four education experts stress the need to plan urban communities of the future that will guarantee the quality of human existence. John Sandberg emphasizes the desirability of cooperation among all planning agencies, and presents guidelines to aid in comprehensive urban planning. McAbee, Bottomly, and McCloskey list the qualities of human…

Volume I, (Education Plan) of the Midterm Report is a detailed description of the goals, objectives, materials, and activities of the Fort Lincoln New Town (FLNT) elementary school curriculum and includes placement, recordkeeping, and reporting procedures; and provision for special education and pupil personnel services. References are made to…